Song- Concrete Angel
Artist- Martina McBride
The door beel rang signaling for the girl to wipe her tears away. "Hello?" "Are you ready to go?" "Yeah, just let me go grab my bag" She ran back into her home and picked up her pack. Retreating back to the door she looked into a mirror. Her eyes were now a light pink and her face was well hiden in cover-up. "Alrgiht lets go!" The four highschool students headed off to school, all of them hiding their own little secret.
~Hide these tears; they don't need to be seen~
She walks to school with the lunch she packed Nobody knows what she's holdin' back
The school uniform was perfectly fine for the young girl, but sadly she had to make some modifications to hide herself. Extra layers where added to her attire to try and conceal the beatings of her body. She runs, goofs off even bumps into things occasionally just so no one would suspect the pain she holds inside and out
~They don't have to know~
Wearin' the same dress she wore yesterday She hides the bruises with linen and lace
"Akane? "Hai, Sensei?" "...Never mind..." Mayu-sensei didn't have the heart to ask her student what was wrong. Why was it that this girl who seemed just as happy as Tohru held such a sad aura? Class ended once the bell rang. All the student rushed out of the room, except for Akane. She took her time when leaving a class. Outside the door was one of her friends, Kyo Sohma. "What took you so long?" "Oh sorry" She held the back of her head and laughed "What ever lets go" Kyo started to walk off leaving Akane to catch up behind. Kyo looked at her through the corner of his eyes. When ever he was around her he would get a sad bitter feeling in his stomach. Something wasn't right about her, but he couldn't tell what it was.
~No one can see through these eyes~
The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Class came and went until finnaly it was gathering time. Lunch wasn't something Akane really enjoyed. This was the time when everone got ruff with eachother and she perticuarly didn't like it. "Akane?" Uo waved a hand in front of her friends face. "oh what?" a slap on the back of the head was given from Kyo "You shouldn't space out like that" Akane tried not to yelp from the hit. A bruise was already there and now she's sure it will increase. "Okay..." Akane hide her pained eyes by shuting them and putting on a smile. "Mabe one day I can finnaly get rid of all this pain..." she shook her head slightly. "No, that's exactly what they want"
~The bruises kept secret hurt even more~
Bearing the burden of a secret storm Sometimes she wishes she was never born
"Kyo are you going to come over later?" "Sure...uhh what subject am I helping you with?" "Math" "Alright" With a griving sigh Akane says goodbye to her friends. She opened the door and crept up to her room, hoping not to wake him. She reached her door and opened it to find her father past out on her bed. She flinched and set her bag down. Slowly she walked back out the door only to have it stoped by a foot. "Where do you think your going?" "No where" Her body shook as she looked into the eyes of her abuser. He smirked and gripped her uper arm. "That's right" He pulled her into the room slamming the door shut.
~Let me be alright~
Through the wind and the rain She stands hard as a stone In a world that she can't rise above
"Change into your rightful outfit" Her father spat at her. He watched as his only daughter quivered and removed her clothing. He stared with a smirk as she put on the trampy little outfit he picked out. It left her half naked making it easier for him to beat her. "What shall we use tonight?" The girl did nothing but shed a tear. "What ever you prefer" He chuckled and picked up his nine tailed whip. "Good girl" "God please watch over my soul through this night" were her thought before the whip was brought down on her body.
~Don't let me feel a thing~
But her dreams give her wings And she flies to a place where she's loved Concrete angel
"AHHHHHHH" her scream was heard through out the neighbor hood, but no one believed it was from abuse. They believed it was just an argument that some people wanted to drag attention to. Akanes bloody body was drapped over the bed. Recieving multiple whip marks across her back. "GET UP!" Her father was now drunk and pissed. Obeying the command she stood up only to get a bash to the head with a bottle and thrown against the wall. "Someone, please...help me"
~Realize I need you~
Somebody cries in the middle of the night The neighbors hear, but they turn out the lights
"Shit, I forgot to go over to Akane's" Kyo rolled over in his bed looking at the clock. "I don't know why, but I feel like I wasn't sappost to just be over to help her study" "Oh well I'll just see her in the morning"
~By the time you rememeber it'll be too late~
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate When morning comes it'll be too late
Her form laid on the floor, unmoving. It hurt to breath and she could barley move her body. He really screwed her up tonight. Her tears subsided as she tried with all her might to get up. Another kick to the ribs and a foot smashed down on her opened wounds upon her back. The beating was done for the night and the poor girl was a mess. Her hair was crusted with blood and her eyes had scratches underneath them. Her father bent down to his daughted and brushed her hair behind her ears. "Good night my little angel" he smirked and left the room, turning the lights off. "I'm going...to make it...God let me...prove him wrong" Akane pushed herself up on her elbow. Her teeth clenched tight; eye lids smashed together. She let out a poor defeated cry and slammed into the floor of her room. Lying in a pool of blood she fell alseep.
~Let me live at least one more night~
Through the wind and the rain She stands hard as a stone In a world that she can't rise above But her dreams give her wings And she flies to a place where she's loved Concrete angel
"Akane?" Tohru, Yuki and Kyo opened the door to the house after no one answered for 10 minutes. "I hope she's okay" Tohru held depression in her eyes. Kyo was worried as well. Mabe he should've came over last night. "Akane?" The three searched the house. They only seemed to find a man who was asleep on the couch. A broken bottle was held in his grip. Yuki's eyes hardened when he noticed the bottle had blood on the ends. He started going up the stiars as Kyo and Tohru followed. "I don't like this feeling" Yuki feared what laid behind the only closed door on the second floor. Kyo ran ahead and gripped the door knob. Closing his eyes he thrust the door open. He heard Tohru gasp and Yuki stop beathing. Kyo was scared, he looked into the room and found her. Akane was on the floor, half naked and marinated in blood. "AKANE!" Tohru ran to her side and tilted her face. "Please wake up!" Kyo and Yuki came to their senses and appeared at the young girls side. Tohru got sick and left the room with tears in her eyes. Yuki went to fallow going to call the cops. "Why...How" Kyo couldn't hold back anymore and let his tears fall on his friends tattered form. He fell ontop of her and instead of transforming he laid ontop of a cold dead body. He was so upset he didn't care how much blood was getting on him. "You shouldn't have died...I'm sorry! If I would've rememebered to come over you wouldn't have died! It's my fault again!" He stayed like this until the cops came and took away the father and cleaned up Akane. Everyone was dressed in black standing within the gates of a cemetery. The girls cried while the guys held distant depressing looks. "Does anyone have any final words they would like to speak?" The preist closed his books looking into the crowd. Kyo stepped up hand at his side. "I do" the man nodded his head and moved away from the front of the grave. "Akane was a bright girl. She always held a amile on her face and lived like she was an angel. No one could've suspected this would happen to her. We all knew she was hiding something, but this...this was unimaginable. Akane was one of my best friends and I'm going to miss her being there for all of us." Kyo looked up to the sky and saw her smilling down at him "But instead of remorcing her death we should be happy for her. She finnaly got free of the hell she was living. Akane, I hope you will watch all of us with a smile, thank you" Kyo bowed his head and walked back to the crowd. Everyone left except Akane's closest friends. After several hours of them there Kyo was the only one left. He looked at the picture that was infront of her stone. "Here lies a Broken Angel that never gave up hope" Kyo sat there next to her until the sun came up the next day
~I'll always be there~
A statue stands in a shaded place An angel girl with an upturned face A name is written on a polished rock A broken heart that the world forgot
~My dreams were shattered but at least I'm free~
Give Me Wings so I Can Fly{Kyo Sohma}[one-shot]
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